On 2010, March, 23rd, 3AM (Beijing Time), Google announced that it would no longer censor the search results for the Chinese Government in Google.cn, which is subsequently redirected to Google.com.hk. I appreciate that Google has made such a brave decision to counter our Government to promote the freedom of Internet (freedom of Speech), which is universal human rights. Google Rocks!
Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard. We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, yet the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement. We believe this new approach of providing uncensored search in simplified Chinese from Google.com.hk is a sensible solution to the challenges we’ve faced—it’s entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China.
(see the whole announcement from Google Blog.)
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